US Patent 7676745 Document segmentation based on visual gaps

Patent 7676745 was granted and assigned to Google on March, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Google

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

76767450

Patent Inventor Names

Daniel Egnor0

Date of Patent

March 9, 2010

Patent Application Number

121775870

Date Filed

July 22, 2008

Patent Primary Examiner

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Laurie Ries

Patent abstract

A document may be segmented based on a visual model of the document. The visual model is determined according to an amount of visual white space or gaps that are in the document. In one implementation, the visual model is used to identify a hierarchical structure of the document, which may then be used to segment the document.